Dear Cary Hancock Thank you for your observation on my home page. I found that you are doing Suminagashi on fablics with decoration. Could you send me some...
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Dear Friends, I'm sending along an e-invitation to the next venue for the Album Amicorum show. If your travels take you to New Mexico this summer I hope you...
I have created a photo album named "Guy i Cevgan" containing 2 photos, I wonder which one of them is Arifi's (Guy i Cevgan)marbled paper, I was searching for...
Don't forget about the Book Arts courses at the Wells Summer Institute. We still have space in all our courses, but some are almost full, so sign up today for...
I don't see tooo much discussion on this group, so don't know if it's primarily for announcements. I have some questions if anyone would like to respond since...
You can take four 1" X 4"s and cut to size you want for the tray, and put them together either with screws or as Sandra Holzman did, with hooks and eyes, so...
thanks. I am setting up to do the larger things like the scarves in a storage tent in my back yard. I lucked out and got a free table made from a door with...
sounds like a good idea, but I don't know what a wardrobe box is. do you mean an under the bed storage container maybe? I bought one of those to see if I...
... Hi, Sue, Movers use wardrobe boxes for moving clothes - they are large, very sturdy corrugated cardboard, I would guess about 3'x3'x48". Another...
thanks, but I was under the impression that she was talking about some kind of plastic wardrobe box, since - oh, it just came to me, maybe she meant to line...
Naw your right I did mean the pastic wordrobe box....But the heavey duty cardboard with plactic insert sounds great. The plastic box sometimes has lips that...
I made a multi sized tank using 1" x 2" boards set on their short side. (Lumber is never the full size so this is really 3/4" x 1 3/4") I have cut the length...
thanks, that sounds like a good suggestions. I'll print it out and try it. Otherwise, I was going to try and have a pvc pipe one made like on page 41 of (the...
One of the problems I have been having is with the methyl cellulose I have been using. Does anyone have a preference for one and where do you get it? Thanks...
Sue I strongly suggest Carrageenan as a size your results will be so much more than MC as far as my experience goes. Also as far as cleaning the surface try a...
No argument here! I love that carrageenan, and the cleaning tip is good advice. Especially with acrylics, they take more cleaning then watercolors. If you find...
I'll try the bigger newspaper idea - I had also been using paper towels because they were more absorbant. But can you use the carrageenan for the silk scarves?...
Re:Marbling on Silk . Yes, you can marble silk on carragheen.in fact it is easier than on paper as the fabric floats down rarely leaving air bubbles. I marbled...
that sounds like a good idea. I sent for two quarts of GAC 900 because it was supposed to improve the setting of the acrylic to the fabric or make it have a...
Hi Sue, Acrylic paints work just fine with the silk. From the tube squeeze out 1 to 2 inches of paint, then add water to make it the correct consistency for...
I mentioned before as well, I have good luck with the cheap stuff from the big craft stores or Walmarts etc. Ceram-Coat is one brand. You need to experiment,...
Dear Friends, I have the big pleasure to inform you about the ebru art exhibition of Mr. Haluk KURKCUOGLU from Izmir-Turkey, in International Week of ...
Sue, If using acrylic paints for marbling I don't see why there would be any reason to add GAC 900 to them. Thin the acrylic paints (the type which come from...
